No editor on the team? You can still ship great ads

Finished video ads without editing skills: describe the ad, and the Solid Agent builds it on brand.

Sound familiar?

The problems we hear from marketers without an editor

What marketers without an editor tell us in our calls, and how Solid solves each one.

You are the whole video team

Today

You run paid social, brief creators, edit in CapCut and report the numbers. One or two new videos per market per week is already too much.

With Solid

Describe the ad in the chat and the Solid Agent builds it from your footage. Your time goes into the ideas, not the timeline.

Freelancers and agencies cost more than money

Today

Every freelancer needs onboarding into your brand, every round needs feedback, every small change needs a new request.

With Solid

The Brand Hub holds your fonts, colors, claims and tone, so every ad starts on brand and small changes take minutes.

Small updates need a designer

Today

A new address, a new language, a local event: each change waits for someone who can edit.

With Solid

Change the text, the language or the end card yourself, in plain words or directly in the editor.

You are not sure where to start

Today

Professional editors feel like a cockpit. You want something closer to a simple design tool, for video.

With Solid

Solid starts with a chat. Upload footage, pick a concept and refine. The editor is there when you want it, never required.

In their words

What marketers without an editor told us, and how Solid helps

Doing it all

I am not only taking care of the performance side. Asset creation, video creation, UGC creation, I take it all.

Performance marketerSupplements brand

How Solid helps

The Solid Agent takes the production off your plate: describe the ad and get a finished, on-brand draft.

The Solid Agent
Time

We have CapCut Pro, but it takes me so much time.

Performance marketerSupplements brand

How Solid helps

What takes hours in CapCut becomes a request in the chat, with variants and formats included.

Solid vs CapCut
Skills

I am not a video editor, but I have some basic skills.

Marketing and creativeWomen’s nutrition brand

How Solid helps

Basic skills are enough. The chat does the editing, and the editor is there when you want to fine-tune.

Video Editor

From our customer and prospect calls. Names withheld.

Where your time goes

What takes hours today, and what it takes with Solid

TaskToday
A first ad from your footageDays with a freelancerMinutes, in the chat
A text or offer changeA new request and a new exportA one-line request
A version for a new marketA new editTranslation on the same footage
Getting approvalEmail threadsComments on the frame

Typical timings from our customer conversations and Solid demos. Results depend on your footage and brief.

If you are switching

Switching to Solid from the tools you use today

Why marketers without an editor move to Solid from CapCut, Canva, freelancers or agencies and more, what they gain, and how to switch.

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Switch guide

Switching from CapCut to Solid

Why teams switch

CapCut Pro helps, but it still takes hours you do not have, every week, for every market. You end up spending less on ads because there are not enough new ones.

How to switch

Upload the creator videos you already have and ask for your first ad in plain words.

What you gain with Solid

  • The Solid Agent builds the ad, you refine it
  • Variants on request
  • Brand rules applied for you
  • Translations on the same footage

Solid vs CapCut CapCut alternatives capcut.com

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Switch guide

Switching from Canva to Solid

Why teams switch

Canva is great for statics and simple templates. Its video templates do not use your real footage or your best ads, and every new format or market is another manual edit.

How to switch

Keep Canva for statics, and move video ads to Solid starting with your best creator clip.

What you gain with Solid

  • Video from your real footage, not templates
  • Hooks, formats and languages from one ad
  • Your Brand Hub instead of template styles
  • Approval flow for your lead

canva.com

Switch guide

Switching from freelancers or agencies to Solid

Why teams switch

Freelancers and agencies need onboarding, briefs and feedback rounds, and every small change, such as a new address, language or offer, is another request and another wait.

How to switch

Ask for raw files with your next delivery and make the small changes yourself.

What you gain with Solid

  • No onboarding per freelancer
  • Small changes without a new request
  • Raw footage stays with you
  • Keep them for new shoots
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Switch guide

Switching from Descript to Solid

Why teams switch

Descript is easy for talking videos, but ads need B-roll, hooks, CTAs and many formats, which you still assemble one project at a time.

How to switch

Bring the recording and the product shots into Solid and ask for three hook variants.

What you gain with Solid

  • Ads assembled from your whole library
  • Hooks and CTAs as variants, not new projects
  • Every ad format with safe zones
  • On brand by default

Solid vs Descript Descript alternatives descript.com

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Switch guide

Switching from Kapwing to Solid

Why teams switch

Kapwing is a friendly browser editor with subtitles and templates. You still edit each ad yourself, and there is no agent that writes, voices and assembles it for you.

How to switch

Upload your footage and let the Solid Agent build the first draft you would have edited by hand.

What you gain with Solid

  • An agent that builds the whole ad
  • Brand Hub instead of re-styling every video
  • Variants and translations from one project
  • Review and approval built in

kapwing.com

How you use Solid

A typical week with Solid

  1. 01Upload what you have

    Creator videos, product shots and past ads go into the Asset Library.

  2. 02Set your brand once

    The Brand Hub is drafted from your website; check fonts, colors and claims.

  3. 03Ask for an ad

    Describe it in the chat. The agent proposes concepts and builds the one you pick.

  4. 04Refine in plain words

    Ask for a shorter hook, a new CTA or another format.

  5. 05Send for approval

    Your lead comments on the frame and approves.

What you get

The features marketers without an editor use most

Click any card to see how it works.

Plain-language briefsNo timeline training

Describe the ad and the Solid Agent builds it.

  • Chat first
  • Concept options
  • Edits by request
On brand by defaultBrand Hub does the checking

Fonts, colors, claims and end cards applied automatically.

  • Brand fonts
  • Approved claims
  • Current end cards
Auto-tagged footageEverything findable

Every upload is cut into scenes, described and transcribed.

  • Scene detection
  • Descriptions
  • Transcripts
Approval flowYour lead signs off

Leads comment on the frame and approve before anything goes live.

  • Frame comments
  • Approval statuses
  • Guest links
Every formatOne ad, every placement

Export 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 and 16:9 with safe zones.

  • All formats
  • Safe zones
  • Batch export
Missing shotsGenerate what you lack

Generate B-roll for gaps with the AI Video Generator.

  • Veo and Seedance
  • Your footage as reference
  • On-brand look

How Solid rolls out

One workflow, every role in its place

The most successful teams split the work like this. Start with one person and add the others as you grow.

  1. Step 1

    Brand rulesCreative lead or strategist

    Sets the Brand Hub, video guidelines and House Rules once.

  2. Step 2

    FootageCreators and shoots

    Raw footage and past ads go into the Asset Library, tagged automatically.

  3. Step 3You

    Drafts and variantsMarketer or generalist

    Briefs the Solid Agent in a chat and gets finished, editable ads.

  4. Step 4

    FinishingVideo editor, optional

    Fine-tunes on the timeline where it matters.

  5. Step 5

    ApprovalLead or client

    Comments on the frame and approves, without a Solid account if needed.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Anything else? We’re happy to walk you through Solid with your own footage.

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Can a marketer without editing skills really use Solid?

Yes. Solid is built around a chat, and the Brand Hub keeps every ad on brand. Teams with only basic CapCut knowledge produce ads at volume.

How long does onboarding take?

Most teams make their first ad on day one, and have Meta-ready exports from their own footage within the first one or two weeks.

What if an ad is not right?

Tell the agent what to change, or edit it yourself by text or on the timeline.

What do I need to start?

Raw footage or creator content you have the rights to use. Finished ads with burned-in captions are much harder to reuse.

Can Solid make the ads for us at first?

Talk to us. For teams without capacity, we can help produce the first ads and hand over step by step.

Will our ads stay on brand?

Yes. The Brand Hub holds your colors, fonts, tone of voice and claims, and the agent reads it before every ad.

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